Horseshoe.



.PA'I'ENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

I G. B. PAUL. HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED FEE-14.1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. GEORGE B. PAUL, OF CLINTON, MISSOURI. HORSESHQEL.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton,

of construction and combination of parts, su b-- stantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of my horseshoe applied to the hoof. Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 represents a perspective View; and Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detail sectional view, showing the dovetail socket connection for the ends of the connecting-bar.

Referring by letter to the drawings, the letvided with the toe-call: B and the heel-call: O, and adjacent the heel-calk and on the upper side is applied the transverse elastic or spring steel bar D, being connected by a dovetailed socket connection E or by means of a bolt fastening F. This connectingbar is Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed February 14., 1905. Serial No. 245,573.

,inclose the frog of the hoof. ter Adesignates the shoe proper, which is pro- Batented-Sept. 26, 1905.

formed with the upwardly-extending pair of spring-arms G, which fit snugly within the frog of the foot and serve to prevent contraction of the hoof, as is evident.

It will be understood that my connectingbar can be applied to the shoe when first manufactured or may be used upon any shoe on the market and can be attached with ease and despatch by any blacksmith at a very small cost.

I claim 1. The combination with a horseshoe, of a cross-bar connected thereto at each end, a bolt passing through each of said ends, said crossbar having upwardly-extending portions to embrace the frog of the hoof.

- 2. The combination with a horseshoe, of an elastic cross-bar connected thereto near the heel portions by mortise-and-tenon joints, said cross-bar formed with upwardly-extending converging bends to form a brace for the frog of the hoof.

3. The combination with a horseshoe, of an elastic spring-bar having dovetail'connections with and extending transversely across said In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE -B. PAUL. 

